Transportation planners employed in the United States earned a median salary of $68,350 in 2025, according to PayScale.com. Salaries ranged from $49,000 to $91,000 or more.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) does not provide salary information for transportation planners, but categorizes the profession as a type of urban and regional planner. In May 2024, these professionals earned a median salary of $83,720. The lowest 10 percent earned $55,590 and the top 10 percent earned $128,550 or more. Fifty percent of urban and regional planners earned between $66,210 and $104,450.
Transportation planners who are employed full time usually receive employment benefits that include paid vacation, holiday, and sick time; health insurance coverage, pension plans, and profit sharing.
- Air Traffic Controllers
- Airplane Dispatchers
- Airport Security Personnel
- Airport Service Workers
- Ambassadors
- App Services Workers
- Armored Truck Drivers
- Autonomous Vehicle Safety and Test Drivers
- Aviation Safety Inspectors
- Avionics Engineers
- Avionics Technicians
- Baggage Porters and Bellhops
- Bailiffs
- Bank Examiners
- Boilermakers and Mechanics
- Border Patrol Agents
- Campaign Workers
- Citizenship Reclamation Specialists
- City Managers
- Civil Engineers
- Congressional Aides
- Construction Inspectors
- Cryptographic Technicians
- Customs Officials
- Demographers
- Deputy U.S. Marshals
- Diesel Mechanics
- Driverless Car Engineers
- Economists
- Emergency Management Directors
- Engineers
- EPA Special Agents
- Export-Import Specialists
- FBI Agents
- Federal and State Officials
- Fish and Game Wardens
- Fleet Maintenance Technicians
- Flight Attendants
- Flight Instructors
- Foreign Service Officers
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators, and Analysts
- Futurists
- Green Transportation Careers
- Health and Regulatory Inspectors
- Hypersonics Engineers
- Hypersonics Technicians
- Industrial Traffic Managers
- Intelligence Officers
- Interpreters
- Land Trust or Preserve Managers
- Lobbyists
- Locomotive Engineers
- Logistics Analysts
- Logistics Engineers
- Marine Engineers
- Marine Services Technicians
- Mechanical Engineering Technicians
- Mechanical Engineers
- Merchant Mariners
- Military Recruiters
- Military Workers, Enlisted
- Mobility Managers
- National Park Service Employees
- Non-Destructive Testing Specialists
- Occupational Safety and Health Workers
- Park Rangers
- Pilots
- Policy Analysts
- Political Consultants
- Political Scientists
- Press Secretaries
- Public Transportation Operators
- Race Car Drivers
- Railroad Conductors
- Recycling Coordinators
- Regional and Local Officials
- Reservation and Ticket Agents
- Secret Service Special Agents
- Ship's Captains
- Signal Mechanics
- Space Pilots
- Stevedores
- Supply Chain Managers
- Taxi Drivers
- Toll Collectors
- Traffic Engineers
- Translators
- Transportation Engineers
- Truck Dispatchers
- Truck Drivers
- Urban and Regional Planners